$10,000In 1967, when Carl Stokes became the first black mayor of a major U.S. city, the Plain Dealer called what the most “sophisticated city on the face of the earth”?A: New Orleans B: ClevelandC: Detroit D: St. Louis

$10,000In 1967, when Carl Stokes became the first black mayor of a major U.S. city, the Plain Dealer called what the most “sophisticated city on the face of the earth”?A: New Orleans B: ClevelandC: Detroit D: St. Louis

I'd have confidently answered "Detroit," without using lifelines, and gone home. Yet another "false memory."

But I notice most of the audience was with me, too. Wonder if this is another Sinbad-Shaquille-Shazam-Kazaam moment?

_________________The real question of government versus private enterprise is argued on too philosophical and abstract a basis. Theoretically, planning may be good. But nobody has ever figured out the cause of government stupidity—and until they do (and find the cure), all ideal plans will fall into quicksand. -- Richard Feynman, "What do you Care what other People Think?"

$10,000In 1967, when Carl Stokes became the first black mayor of a major U.S. city, the Plain Dealer called what the most “sophisticated city on the face of the earth”?A: New Orleans B: ClevelandC: Detroit D: St. Louis